Apply Your Knowledge:
For the country assigned to you:
- Use the demographic data to create a population pyramid for last year.
- Find the dependency ratio, is it high or low?
- Describe the situation in the country based on the info in your population pyramid (births, deaths, health, age, male/female, type of pyramid, stage in DTM etc.)
- Explain what the country needs to prepare for in the near future and why you think that. (health, population, business, policies, etc. Connect this to your observations)
Use: https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb/informationGateway.php
*How To Create Your Population Pyramid (video tutorials):
- Finding your data
- a) Using Google Sheets or b) Using Excel
- Calculating your dependency ratio